It is very well to tell men to be on their guard against prejudices, not to believe facts on slight evidence, not to be content with a scanty collection of facts, to put out of their minds the idola which Bacon has so finely described.
It is curious that Bacon has himself mentioned this very kind of delusion among the idola specus; and has mentioned it in language which, we are inclined to think, shows that he knew himself to be subject to it.
Littre in grasp and in weight of authority, he was subject to the idola fori, the illusions of the market-place.
Such were theidola specus, the private personal prepossessions of M.
Famous cases of the latter class are the idola which beset Nicolai, who studied them, and wrote an account of them.
The second kind are the Idola Specus, idols of the cave, or errors incident to the peculiar mental or bodily constitution of each individual, for according to the state of the individual's mind is his view of things.
The third class are the Idola Fori, idols of the market-place, errors arising from the influence exercised over the mind by mere words.
The fourth and last class are the Idola Theatri, idols of the theatre, i.
The first kind are the Idola Tribus, idols of the tribe, fallacies incident to humanity or the race in general.
These verbal prejudices are Bacon's Idola Fori, illusions of conversation.
The most dangerous are the idola theatri, which consist in the tendency to put more trust in authority and tradition than in independent reflection, to adopt current ideas simply because they find general acceptance.
The idola tribus, finally, are grounded in the nature of the human species.
A terrace ten and a half feet high and fifteen feet broad, which bounded the inner wall of the Sanctuary.
In just that way have all royal lines been created--starting with a great deliverer, like Judas Maccabee.
We see how the idola tribus, the idola specus, the idola fori, and the idola theatri, are destroyed by his iconoclastic philosophy.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "idola" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
